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IntroducedOct 02, 2025
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Passed SenateNov 18, 2025
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Passed AssemblyFeb 17, 2026
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Became Law
Wisconsin Senate Bill
Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 18, 2026: Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 485
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 79
- ALLEN
- ANDERSON
- ANDRACA
- ARMSTRONG
- ARNEY
- AUGUST
- BEHNKE
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- BROWN
- CALLAHAN
- DALLMAN
- DESANTO
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DOYLE
- DUCHOW
- FITZGERALD
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GOODWIN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HURD
- JACOBSON, B
- JACOBSON, J
- JOERS
- KAUFERT
- KIRSCH
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MAYADEV
- MCCARVILLE
- MCGUIRE
- MELOTIK
- MIRESSE
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEUBAUER
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- PALMERI
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRADO
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RIVERA-WAGNER
- RODRIGUEZ
- ROE
- SHEEHAN
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPAUDE
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- STUBBS
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TAYLOR
- TITTL
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- UDELL
- VANDERMEER
- WICHGERS
- WITTKE
- ZIMMERMAN
- SPEAKER
NO: 20
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Feb 17, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Haywood
- Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Haywood
- Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Read a second time
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 79, Noes 20
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 13, 2026 | Assembly
- Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- Jan 16, 2026 | Assembly
- Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 19, 2025 | Assembly
- Received from Senate
- Nov 18, 2025 | Senate
- Read a second time
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Read a third time and passed
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Senator Smith added as a coauthor
- Nov 14, 2025 | Senate
- Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 12, 2025 | Senate
- Executive action taken
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Available for scheduling
- Oct 08, 2025 | Senate
- Public hearing held
- Oct 02, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced by Senators James and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Petersen, Behnke, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, Penterman, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
Bill Texts
- Bill TextHTML
- Bill TextPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (offered 2/17/2026) -- HaywoodHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (offered 2/17/2026) -- HaywoodPDF
- Assembly Amendment 2 (offered 2/17/2026) -- HaywoodHTML
- Assembly Amendment 2 (offered 2/17/2026) -- HaywoodPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (adopted 2/18/2026) -- DittrichHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (adopted 2/18/2026) -- DittrichPDF
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- LC Amendment Memo
- SB485 ROCP for Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families On 11/12/2025
- SB485 ROCP for Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families On 11/12/2025
- LC Hearing Materials for SB485 on 10/8/2025
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Assembly Bill 491


